The Reckoning (Grisham novel)

The Reckoning
Author	John Grisham
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Legal thriller
Publisher	Penguin Random House
Publication date	October 23, 2018
Pages	480
ISBN	978-0-525-63931-2
Preceded by	The Rooster Bar

The Reckoning is an upcoming legal thriller novel by John Grisham.^[1]

Plot

The plot centers around the 1946 murder trial of prominent family patriarch Pete Banning, a war hero who has returned home from the Second World War.

The story takes place in the fictional town of Clanton, Mississippi, in Grisham's Ford County. It is the sixth Grisham novel to take place here, following A Time to Kill, The Summons, The Chamber, The Last Juror, and Sycamore Row.

References

^ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/586399/the-reckoning-by-john-grisham/9780385544153/

v t e Works by John Grisham
Novels	A Time to Kill (1988) The Firm (1991) The Pelican Brief (1992) The Client (1993) The Chamber (1994) The Rainmaker (1995) The Runaway Jury (1996) The Partner (1997) The Street Lawyer (1998) The Testament (1999) The Brethren (2000) A Painted House (2001) Skipping Christmas (2001) The Summons (2002) The King of Torts (2003) Bleachers (2003) The Last Juror (2004) The Broker (2005) Playing for Pizza (2007) The Appeal (2008) The Associate (2009) The Confession (2010) The Litigators (2011) Calico Joe (2012) The Racketeer (2012) Sycamore Row (2013) Gray Mountain (2014) Rogue Lawyer (2015) The Whistler (2016) Camino Island (2017) The Rooster Bar (2017) The Reckoning (2018) The Guardians (2019) Camino Winds (2020) A Time for Mercy (2020) The Judge's List (2021) The Exchange (2023)
Short story collections	Ford County (2009)
Short stories	The Tumor (2015)
Non-fiction	The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town (2006)
Theodore Boone series	Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer (2010) Theodore Boone: The Abduction (2011) Theodore Boone: The Accused (2012) Theodore Boone: The Activist (2013) Theodore Boone: The Fugitive (2015) Theodore Boone: The Scandal (2016) Theodore Boone: The Accomplice (2019)
Screenplays	The Gingerbread Man (1998) Mickey (2004)
Film adaptations	The Firm (1993) The Pelican Brief (1993) The Client (1994) A Time to Kill (1996) The Chamber (1996) The Rainmaker (1997) The Gingerbread Man (1998) A Painted House (2003) Runaway Jury (2003) Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
Television adaptations	The Client (1995–1996) The Firm (2012) The Innocent Man (2018)

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